A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Colonia Vicente Guerrero in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o70958. Id of event: at00o70958. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/16 / 2016-05-11 09:03:08 / May 11, 2016 @ 9:03 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:03:08 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -115.835 West, latitude 30.718 North, depth = 1 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Colonia Vicente Guerrero in Mexico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from San Quintín (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Felipe, Camalú, San Quintín (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km ESE of Colonia Vicente Guerrero, Mexico.
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